Barketunga Population - Simdega, Jharkhand

Barketunga is a medium size village located in Kolebira Block of Simdega district, Jharkhand with total 99 families residing. The Barketunga village has population of 496 of which 244 are males while 252 are females as per Population Census 2011.

In Barketunga village population of children with age 0-6 is 83 which makes up 16.73 % of total population of village. Average Sex Ratio of Barketunga village is 1033 which is higher than Jharkhand state average of 948. Child Sex Ratio for the Barketunga as per census is 976, higher than Jharkhand average of 948.

Barketunga village has lower literacy rate compared to Jharkhand. In 2011, literacy rate of Barketunga village was 61.02 % compared to 66.41 % of Jharkhand. In Barketunga Male literacy stands at 74.75 % while female literacy rate was 47.87 %.

As per constitution of India and Panchyati Raaj Act, Barketunga village is administrated by Sarpanch (Head of Village) who is elected representative of village. Our website, don't have information about schools and hospital in Barketunga village.

Barketunga Data

Particulars	Total	Male	Female
Total No. of Houses	99	-	-
Population	496	244	252
Child (0-6)	83	42	41
Schedule Caste	0	0	0
Schedule Tribe	235	118	117
Literacy	61.02 %	74.75 %	47.87 %
Total Workers	315	164	151
Main Worker	46	-	-
Marginal Worker	269	132	137

Caste Factor

In Barketunga village, most of the village population is from Schedule Tribe (ST). Schedule Tribe (ST) constitutes 47.38 % of total population in Barketunga village. There is no population of Schedule Caste (SC) in Barketunga village of Simdega.

Work Profile

In Barketunga village out of total population, 315 were engaged in work activities. 14.60 % of workers describe their work as Main Work (Employment or Earning more than 6 Months) while 85.40 % were involved in Marginal activity providing livelihood for less than 6 months. Of 315 workers engaged in Main Work, 30 were cultivators (owner or co-owner) while 0 were Agricultural labourer.